Resume
Commissions
2018-2019 Mural commission, Classic Center Theater, Athens
2018 Gilding finishes, Atlanta
2018 Mural commission, Hotel Bennett, Charleston
2017-2018 Fresco and mural commissions, Alpharetta
2016-2018 Mural restorations, historic homes, Atlanta
2015 Soccer Goal Mural, Atlanta
2015 Antique wallpaper restorations, three residences, Atlanta
2015 Gilding and wood finishes, Bluffton, SC
2014 Custom finishes, Atlanta
2012 Trompe l’oeil mural in the manner of the Urbino Studiolo, private estate, Atlanta
2012 Geometric wall murals, private residence, Atlanta
2012 Replication of finishes of the library in the Hotel Lambert, Paris for a Kentucky horse farm
2011 Specialty paintings and finishes and restoration of antique panels for a French mansion, Atlanta,
2011-12 Wall paintings, Atlanta residence `
2010 Reconstruction of 19ththcentury ceiling murals in a landmarked home, Madison
2009-10 Family portrait in formal gardens, Atlanta
2009 Gilding and custom finishes, Atlanta
2008 Restoration of mural cycles by Athos Menaboni in three historic homes, Atlanta
2008 Historic painting from a Revolutionary War battle, Athens
2007-08 Chinoiserie mural cycle in a landmark home, Atlanta
2007 Arabesque panels, Bishop, GA
2006 Landscape and portrait commissions, Athens
2006 Tapestry portrait mural, private residence, Suffolk, Va.
2005 Trompe l’oeil domed ceiling mural, private residence, Cumming
2004-05 Landscape Garden Murals, private residence, Cumming
2004 Trompe L’Oeil Portrait Mural, private residence, Atlanta
2004 Bestiary Frieze, Barrow Elementary, Athens
2003 Landscape mural, Blank Foundation, Atlanta
2003 Murals: hanging “tapestry” paintings, private residence, Atlanta
2002 Historical portraits: Capital City, Atlanta
2002 Mural, portrait, and large screens: Ritz Carlton at Lake Oconee, GA
2001 Large hanging landscapes: Cassique, Kiawah Island, S.C.
1998-99 Two historical murals: Guilford County Federal Courthouse, Greensboro, NC
Exhibitions
2012 Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria , GOLD exhibition
2003 Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta
2000 Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego
1999 Porter Troupe Gallery
1998 Porter Troupe Gallery
Aurum Studios, Athens, GA
1997 Porter Troupe Gallery
Malton Gallery, Cincinnati
Aurum Studios (solo show)
1996 Lizan Tops Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1995 Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
Parchman Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio (solo show)
1994 K&E Gallery, New York
Parchman Stremmel Gallery
1993 Jansen Perez Inc., San Antonio
1992 Stiebel Modern, New York
Kurts Bingham Gallery, Memphis (solo show)
The New Van Straaten Gallery, Chicago
1989 Read Stremmel Gallery, San Antonio
1988 McNay Art Museum, San Antonio
Read Stremmel Gallery,
1987 Tobia Kraa Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York
1986 McNay Art Museum (solo show)
1985 Artists’ Choice Museum, New York
Scene Painting (selected)
Opera
2009-2019 University of Georgia, UGA Opera Ensemble, design and painting
1997; 1985-95 Metropolitan Opera:
All new productions in the repertory including: Samson et Delilah (Richard Hudson); Andrea Chenier (Monloup); Pique Dame (Mark Thompson); Makropulos Case (Anthony Ward); Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Paul Brown); Stiffelio, Simon Boccanegra, Madama Butterfly (Michael Scott); Don Giovanni, La Traviata, Tosca (Zeffirelli); Péléas et Mélisande, Lombardi, Lucia di Lamermoor, The Ghosts of Versailles (Conklin); Die Zauberflöte (Hockney); Der Ring des Nibelungen, Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, Rusalka (Schneider-Siemssen); Elektra, Salome (Jürgen Rose); Der fliegende Holländer (Schavernoch); Le Nozze di Figaro (Ponnelle); The Voyage, Kata Kabanova (Israel); Così fan tutte, Otello, Ariadne auf Naxos (Yeargan); Un Ballo in Maschera (Faggioni); L’Elisir d’Amore (Montresor); Khovanschina (Ming Cho Lee)
All revivals and restorations including: Falstaff, La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana (Zeffirelli); Der Rosenkavalier, Die Frau ohne Schatten (O’Hearn); Fidelio (Aronson)
1984, 1982 New York City Opera: Kismet (Miller); Candide (Dunham)
Honors, Awards and Residencies
2019 Institute of Classical Architecture and Art Shutze Awards for Restoration and Artisanship
2012 Classic Center Atrium, Athens, public art mural competition (first alternate)
2010 Shutze Award from the ICA, for murals at Bonar Hall, Madison, GA.
2004 Foundation for Excellence Grant through A is for Arts, Athens Schools
1995 Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant in Painting
1994 -95 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
1979 Child Memorial Foundation Scholarship for Study in Italy
1978-79 Elizabeth T. Greenshields Grant in Painting
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